Hello readers. Although I recently deleted last year's "Thankfulness" challenge, I will continue to touch on the subject of thankfulness periodically.
I'm currently enjoying the chatter and upbeat music of a local Starbucks. The weather is gorgeous, and I'm inspired by the still-new feeling of the New Year. Art and poetry are some forgotten hobbies I hope to strike up again in 2015. The "Beautiful Things" project is the first of hopefully many, featuring sketches of some of my friends using charcoal and colored pencils. We'll see how it goes!
I'm praying that you discover a new hobby or start up an old one again, something that makes you happy. I'm also praying that you spend some time in the Bible this afternoon, whether or not it's for the very first time. I've discovered a contentment that can only be found in the love of Jesus, a love that doesn't run out. I sang about it at church last night, and I thought my heart was going to burst with joy. It doesn't run out!! Where else can you find a love like that? I'm convinced it can't be found in any other person or place.
Happy Tuesday!
"This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life."
John 3:16, The Message Bible
"There is no fear in love [dread does not exist], but full-grown (complete, perfect) love turns fear out of doors and expels every trace of terror! For fear brings with it the thought of punishment, and [so] he who is afraid has not reached the full maturity of love [is not yet grown into love's complete perfection], We love Him, because He first loved us."
1 John 4:18-19, Amplified Bible
"First we were loved, now we love. He loved us first." 1 John 4:19, The Message Bible
